Ironing board with clothes rack



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IRONING BOARD WITH CLOTHES RACK Filed July 15, 1947 2 SHEETS-SHEET l IN VEN TOR.

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IRONING BOARD WITH CLOTHES RACK Filed July 15, 1947 2 SHEETS SHEET 2 I INVENTOR. 1 ////0/77 D. Po//0/-0 I BY Patented Oct. 30, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IRONING BOARD WITH CLOTHES RACK William D. Pollard, St. Louis, Mo.

Application July 15, 1947, Serial No. '761,031

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to an ironing aid, and particularly concerns a support to prevent clothes from touchin the floor while bein ironed.

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide a clothes support which may be attached to ironing boards of conventional construction, which will not substantially increase the bulk of said boards when in their folded position, which will not interfere with such folding, and which may be swung outwardly at any desired angle from the board for the convenience of the operator.

Further objects of the invention reside in the provision, in a device of the type described, which is simple in construction, which may be easily attached to the board, and which may be manufactured easily at a relatively low cost.

Other objects and features of the invention will be made fully apparent to those skilled in the art from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the device of the present invention as seen looking toward the bottom of a portion of the ironing board to which it is attached.

Figure 2 shows a section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows, in side elevation, an ironing board with the ironing aid of the present invention attached thereto.

Figure 4 shows, on a greatly reduced scale, a plan view of a modified form of the clothes-supportingelement of the device of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 of a further modified form of the clothes-supporting element.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a modifled form of the swivel device.

Figure '7 shows in side elevation and with parts in section a further modification of the swivel device.

Figure 8 shows, in side elevation, a portion of an ironing board with a further modified form of the clothes-supporting element attached thereto.

In the drawings, reference numeral H indicates an ironing board of conventional design, having a swivel device generally indicated at 12 secured to the under surface thereof and adjacent its narrow end. A clothes-supporting loop I3 is mounted on the swivel device I2 for rotation in a plane parallel to the plane of the board II. The loop I3 may be formed of a rod of mild cold rolled steel which may be so bent that the breadth of the loop is substantially equal to the breadth of the ironing board II, and of such length as to project for a foot or more beyond the end of the board when the parts are in the position shown.

The swivel device I2 is supported on the under side of the board II by a U-shaped bracket M which includes laterally-directed flanges secured to the ironing board H by screws IS. A screw bolt l6 having its head countersunk in a central transverse bore through a swivel block I! projects through an opening in the bracket 14 and through washers I8 to be secured at its upper end by nuts IS. The swivel block I1 is formed of a block of cold rolled steel, which is square in tranverse section, being one-half to five-eighths inch in Width and of the order of two inches in length. The swivel block I! has a transverse passage 20 at one end thereof through which projects one end of the rod of which the loop I3 is formed, and a longitudinal bore 2! at the opposite end of said block accommodates the other end of said rod. The rod is provided with a U-bend 22 permitting the one end to be received in the transverse passage 20, while the other end is laterally inwardly-directed and received in the longitudinal passage 2!.

As illustrated in Figure 4, the ends of the rod forming the loop may both be accommodated in longitudinal bores in each end of the swivel block. In this case, the loop is formed as shown at 23,

and the swivel block as indicated at 24. In this form of the invention, the ends of the rod must be rigidly secured in the swivel block 24, otherwise the loop would swing downwardly. In the form previously described, the transverse passage prevents the loop l3 from swinging on the block H.

The loop providing the clothes-supporting frame may take various forms. For example, as shown in Figures 5, the modified loop or frame 25 is provided with a bend 26 corresponding to the bend 22 of the form previously described, and is also provided with an extended arm 21 projecting substantially beyond the body of the frame 25. Such an arm is formed by bending a portion of the rod back upon itself and is useful to provide a rest for sheets and other large articles.

In use, the loop or frame I3 may be swung outwardly as shown in the full line position in Figure 3. In this position the frame extends substantially beyond the end of the board II and provides an ample support over which clothes being ironed may be draped in order to avoid contact with the floor. The frame may be swung to any desired position so that it extends beyond the ironing board from the front, back or end. When not in use, the ironing board may be folded in the usual manner, and the frame swung back into the dotted line position shown in Figure 3. In this position, the frame clears the folded support or legs of the board and does not appreciably increase the storage bulk thereof.

Where desired, the device may be constructed to be readily removable from an ironing board. This may be effected in the maner shown in Figure 6, in which the swivel device 12 is formed in the same manner shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, except that the bracket support is provided with a pair of laterally-directed flanges 28 adapted to be received in the grooves or channels 29 of.

a channel member 36. The member 30 is perforated so that it may be secured by screws to the under side of an ironing board, and the swivel device 12 may be readily inserted therein or removed therefrom.

The swivel assembly may be simplified in the manner shown in Figure 7 to eliminate the use of nuts and equivalent securing means in the assembly. In this form, the swivel block 3| is provided with a longitudinal passage 32 extending beyond the swivel stud 3 3 which is provided with a hole 33 registering with the passage 32. When the end of the rod forming the frame [3 is forced through the passage 32 and through the passage 33 in the swivel stud 34, the block 3| will be secured to the stud without the use of nuts on the end thereof. Washers 35 are provided between the swivel block 3| and the bracket 36 and between the bracket 36 and the head of the swivel stud 34. At least one of these washers is preferably the spring-type lock washer and maintains the tension between the stud head and the bracket so that the frame ends will not slip out of the passage 32. The transverse passage 3'! is of a construction corresponding to the transverse passage 20 in the form previously described.

The portion of the frame 22 of Figure 1, or 26 of the form shown in Figure 5, may be bent upwardly, as shown at 38 in Figure 8. The upper end of the bent portion 38 touches the ironing board I I and eliminates any sagging of the frame due to the weight placed upon the opposite end.

While there have been herein described certain preferred embodiments of the invention, other embodiments, within the scope of the appended claims, will be apparent to those skilled in the art from a consideration of the forms shown and the teachings hereof.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A clothes supporting attachment for an ironing board comprising a bracket disposed on the under side of said board and adapted to be secured thereto, a stud having one end supported on said bracket for rotational movement and having the other end projecting beyond said bracket, a. swivel rod disposed transversely of the other end of said stud and mounted on the projecting portion of said stud for sliding movement therealong, said block being provided with a longitudinal bore extending inwardly from one end thereof and terminating at a point adjacent to and spaced from the other end of said block, the projecting portion of said stud extending through said bore and being provided with a transversely disposed aperture alignable with said bore in a select position of movement of said block along said projecting portion of said stud, and a clothes supporting means extending through said alignable longitudinal bore and said aperture for maintaining said block in said select position. Y

2. A clothes supporting attachment for an ironing board comprising a bracket disposed on the under side of said board and adapted to be secured thereto, a stud having one end supported on said bracket for rotational movement and having the other end projecting beyond said bracket, a swivel block disposed transversely of the other end of said stud and mounted on the projecting portion of said stud for sliding movement therealong, said swivel block being provided with a longitudinal bore extending inwardly from one end thereof and terminating in a point adjacent to and spaced from the other end of said block, the projecting portion of said stud extending through said bore and being provided with a transversely disposed aperture alignable with said bore in a select position of movement of said block along said projecting portion of said stud, said block being provided with a transversely extending bore intermediate the terminating end of said longitudinal bore and said other end of said block, and a clothes supporting means having one end extending through said alignable longitudinal bore and said aperture and having the other endextending through said transverse- 1y extending bore.

3. A clothes supporting attachment for an ironing board comprising a U-shaped bracket disposed on the under side of said support and adapted to be secured thereto, a stud having one end supported in the bight of said bracket for rotational movement and having the other end projecting beyond said bight, a swivel block disposed transversely of the other end of said stud and mounted along the projecting portion of said v stud for sliding movement therealong, said swivel block being provided with alongitudinal bore extending inwardly from one end thereof and terminating from a point adjacent to and spaced from the other end of said block, the projecting portion of said stud extending through said bore and being provided with a transversely disposed aperture alignable with said bore in a select position of movement of said block along said stud, and a clothes supporting means extending through said alignable longitudinal bore and said aperture for maintaining said block in said select positon.

WILLIAM D. POLLARD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent? UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 963,381 Neher July 5, 1910 1,043,516 Francis et a1. Nov. 5, 1912 1,770,889v Petty July 15, 1930 

